Local plant species have been in use in variety of ethnomedicinal practices from the time immemorial among the people of various communities for treating various human diseases. This paper reports about the plant species used by Adi community in curing various human diseases and ailments. A study was conducted during 2008-2009 and further refined in succeeding years with the 12 purposively selected traditional knowledge holders (TKHs) of Adi tribe of East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Data were collected using combined approaches of personal interview, participant observations and transect walks. It was observed that with Shannon-Weaver diversity index 2.73, there were 39 local plant species belonging to 25 plant families and used as ethnomedicinal practices by the TKHs. Most of the species (17) were used by Adi TKHs with their green leaf parts followed by root and fruits (5 each) to develop ethnomedicinal formulations. Out of these, several species namely Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link.; Plumeria rubra L.; Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don; Solanum torvum Swartz; Solanum khasianum C.B. Clarke; Oroxylum indicum (L.) Benth.ex Kurze; and Tinospora cordifolia (Thunb.) Miers) were found in use by Adis against asthma, bronchitis, cough, sinusitis, diabetes, malaria, typhoid and jaundice. The Adi TKHs maintain a rich cultural ethics, govern by their own world-view in continuing ethnomedicinal practices, and harvesting the species from various land use systems with the aim to sustain biodiversity and associated practices. The key findings indicated that, plant species used as ethnomedicines for some of the diseases and ailments by the Adi TKHs, can be undertaken for the long-term trial to find some natural remedies against few human diseases, including search of immune enhancer against COVID-19, provided TKHs of Adi community are partnered in ethically and culturally appropriate manner. 

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人与植物：在印度阿鲁纳恰尔邦与Adi社区一起学习民族药理实践和保护

从远古时代起，在各个社区的人们中就已经将本地植物物种用于各种民族医学实践中，以治疗各种人类疾病。本文报道了Adi社区用于治疗各种人类疾病和疾病的植物物种。在2008年至2009年期间进行了一项研究，并在随后的几年中与12个有意选择的Adi传统知识持有人（TKH）进行了进一步的完善印度阿鲁纳恰尔邦东香区部落。使用个人面试，参与者观察和横断面走走的组合方法收集数据。观察到，在香农-韦弗多样性指数为2.73的情况下，有39种本地植物物种属于25个植物科，并被TKH用作民族医学实践。Adi TKH使用了大多数物种（17），其绿叶部分紧随其后的是根和果实（各5个）来开发民族药理配方。在这些物种中，有几个物种，即Leucas aspera（Willd。Link）。鸡蛋花L .; 长春花（L.）G. Don; 龙葵Swartz；Solanum khasianum CB克拉克;Oroxylum indicum（L.）Benth.ex Kurze; 阿迪斯（Adis）曾使用过草甘草和Tinospora cordifolia（Thunb。）Miers）来治疗哮喘，支气管炎，咳嗽，鼻窦炎，糖尿病，疟疾，伤寒和黄疸。在阿迪TKHs保持了丰富的文化伦理，在继续ethnomedicinal实践，收获来自不同土地利用方式的种类，目的是维持生物多样性和相关实践自己的世界观支配。主要发现表明，可以对Adi TKH用作某些疾病和疾病的人种医学药物的植物物种进行长期试验，以找到针对几种人类疾病的自然疗法，包括寻找针对COVID-的免疫增强剂。 19，提供的TKHAdi社区以合乎道德和文化上的方式合​​作。